Big Sister

When she walked in she could hardly stand it, she was so excited. Her smile was the best.

She didn't want to hold him, or even me to hold him but she loved watching him on Daddy's lap.

Our family of 4.

My two blessings.

Siblings

Grace Graham

Grace

Graham

What do you think? Resemblance? :)

Home

We are HOME! :) Pictures to come tomorrow. My little man is wrapped up in a blanket with a light pad under him. My little miss is in bed, missing her Grandma who's been playing with her all week. My hubby is finishing Grace's bookshelf in the garage. I'm eating a rice krispie treat and thanking God for my blessings.

-Shan

My Blue Light Special

We are still in the hospital... waiting for Graham's bilirubin level to go down. He's such a trooper though! Praying we'll be home with Grace this afternoon!

He's Here

My water broke on Saturday afternoon. we had to head to the hospital for me to get some antibiotics I needed before he was born. Labor was VERY slow and painful until Sunday mid-morning when I could get my amazing, wonderful epidural. (don't judge!)

Smiling because I was told (Sunday night) that I could start pushing. This is the only "labor" pic I allowed. :)

After 4 hours of pushing- a few tears and a lot of questions like "are you sure he's coming?" "do you promise he's coming" and "can you get him out please???" Graham Bradley arrived. August 29, 2010 (Uncle Shawn's birthday!) 8 lbs 6.4 oz and 19/5 inches long.

We are still in the hospital because he's a bit jaundice and needs to stay under a light for the day/night, but we are planning on heading home tomorrow provided his numbers are lower!

We're thrilled with our little man and are so blessed. I'm feeling good and moving around quite well. Grace LOVED meeting him. She's headed up this afternoon again. I'll post pictures of their first meeting later.

Our week at a glance

34 years. :)

The Mall- She LOVES LOVES LOVES the carousel.

Another favorite- Target!

The playland in the mall.

Singing with Daddy- I think this picture is hilarious!

Grandma brough some play food. She had a great time playing with her new food.

Taking a walk. Notice the classes, puppy and tutu!

Still Cooking!

I've noticed that my counter has many more hits lately... Although I'd like to think it's because I'm filling my blog with such meaningful words and pictures that you can't stay away (ha!) I know it's because you are all checking to see if this baby is coming yet! He's still cooking in there. :) I went to the midwife yesterday and she said that all is looking great and that she doesn't expect him for another week or so. That's a little bumming but really, he's not due for a few days and babies really aren't overdue until 42 weeks. So... he'll keep "cooking" and I'll be taking lots of walks to move him down!

Today is my birthday and I had the very best morning. It started with Grace waking up wet so we all got up to change her sheets (not the best part obviously) I changed her dipe and then looked her in the face and said.. guess what? today is my birthday. She got a big smile on her face and said "I gotta go". She ran into her room looking for her daddy and said "I need mom's present!"

Last night Shane and Grace made me a card and she remembered and was SO excited to give it to me. I love that she knew it and couldn't wait to share it with me. After cards, we all went out for breakfast, another favorite thing to do. Shane took today off and we're headed to do a bit of retail therapy!

I'm going to leave you with Gracie's first time using the camera... self portrait and all!

self portrait

me trying to show her to get my face...

not really working though!